Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge

Spark Up the Grill and Take on the Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge – Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Winner?

$2,000.00 IN PRIZE MONEY!

Cedar Bay Grilling Company is calling all culinary enthusiasts, not professional chefs, to step up to the plate for our “Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge”. Get ready for a sizzling showdown where grills will fire up, flavors will explode, and creativity will reign supreme! The stakes are sky-high as bloggers compete for the coveted title of Grand Prize Winner. Cedar Bay Grilling Company is looking for inspirational recipes that will dazzle – so bring your A-game and get ready to WOW the judges!

Challenge yourself and unleash your culinary creativity with Cedar Bay Grilling Company's signature products.

The Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge is limited to the first 15 eligible bloggers who sign up, so act fast! Categories for the challenge include entrées, and Game Day Holiday Appetizer dishes, and bloggers are encouraged to participate in both categories for a chance to win big. Each category will crown one winner, who will receive $500.00. But that’s not all—winning recipes from each category will then battle it out for the ultimate prize: $1,000.00 and the title of Grand Prize Winner of the Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge!

To support you in crafting your unique recipes, all qualified participants will receive the following products:

  • Cedar Planked Salmon
  • Cedar Bay Naked Lobster

The Cedar Bay Grilling Company Recipe Challenge is open to the first 15 eligible bloggers who sign up. Only recipes featuring Cedar Bay Grilling Company products will be considered. The contest runs from November 15, 2024, to January 15, 2025.

Each participant will be reimbursed for their purchase of Cedar Bay Grilling Company products they use in creating their recipes.

READY, SET, GO!

What’s the challenge and what do I win?

  • One Grand Prize Winner: $1,000.00 Cash Prize
  • One Entrée Winner: $500.00 Cash Prize
  • One Game Day Holiday Appetizer Winner: $500.00 Cash Prize

This is your moment to shine! We're looking for original recipes that showcase our delicious Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s Seafood products in inventive and mouthwatering ways, allowing your culinary skills to truly stand out in the kitchen.

Categories:

  • One Entrée Winner: $500.00 Cash Prize
    Step out of your comfort zone and be bold! We're seeking inspiring recipes brimming with wonderful flavors and aromas, made with our Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s Seafood products, that will leave us saying WOW!
  • One Game Day Holiday Appetizer Winner: $500.00 Cash Prize
    Make this football season a touchdown with Cedar Bay Grilling Company as your game day MVP. Show us your recipes using our Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s Seafood products that redefine game day holiday appetizer, leaving us cheering for more.

The winners of the Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s Blogger Recipe Challenge will be selected based on the following criteria:

  • Taste: 50%
    Does this recipe deliver great taste with every bite? Would you want to make it again and again purely for its delicious flavors? Does it feature intriguing yet satisfying flavor combinations?
  • Visual Appeal: 25%
    Does the recipe present well on a plate or in a bowl? Does its visual appeal make you want to devour it before you even smell or taste it?
  • Creativity: 25%
    Does your recipe showcase originality? Does it feature unique twists on ingredient usage? Have you added your personal touch to make this recipe stand out?

How to Participate:

To participate in the challenge, contestants can submit an entry form at www.cedarbaygrilling.com starting on November 1, 2024. To qualify for the Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge, participants must adhere to the following rules:

  • Participants must be 21 years old or older at the time of entry.
  • Participants must be legal U.S. residents; void where prohibited.
  • The food blog must be regularly updated (at least once per week) and have been active for at least 6 months.
  • Recipes must be original.
  • Applicants cannot be professional chefs.

Recipe Details

Cedar Bay Grilling Company is seeking recipes that are easy to recreate, delicious, original, and inventive. Only recipes featuring Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s Seafood products will be considered.

How to Submit Your Recipe

To qualify, you must publicly post your final recipe along with pictures of your selected Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s product on your food blog, Facebook, X, Pinterest, and Instagram. Ensure your posts include Cedar Bay Grilling Company's social media links and website URL. Tag Cedar Bay Grilling Company on all platforms using the specified hashtags #cedarbayrecipechallenge, #cedarbaygrillingco, #salmonmadesimple and #nakedlobster. When listing ingredients, specify the Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s product used. Email your original recipe to info@cedarbaygrilling.com, including up to three photos (jpeg) of your finished dish and links to your published recipes by the contest deadline. Applicants must adhere to the rules of Facebook, X, Pinterest, and Instagram.

We encourage sharing on other social platforms like TikTok, Foodgawker, Tastespotting, Tumblr, YouTube, etc. Send links to shared recipes to info@cedarbaygrilling.com.

CONTEST TIMELINE & IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  • Contest begins November 15, 2024, and ends January 15, 2025.
  • Recipes must be sent no later than January 15, 2025.
  • No recipes will be allowed for entry after January 15, 2025.
  • Contest only open to the first 15 QUALIFIED bloggers.

Sign Up Today and Take the Challenge!


THE CEDAR BAY GRILLING COMPANY BLOGGER RECIPE CHALLENGE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

  1. Eligibility: This Contest is open to legal U.S. residents residing in the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States who are 21 years of age or older at time of entry. This contest is sponsored by Cedar Bay Grilling Company (sometimes referred to as “the sponsor”). Employees, officers, and directors of Cedar Bay Grilling Company and its affiliated companies and their immediate families (parents, children, siblings, spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of such employees/officers/ directors/partners are not eligible to participate. Void in Alaska, Hawaii, and where prohibited by law. Entrants are responsible for complying with all rules of Facebook, X, Pinterest, and Instagram (including but not limited to terms of use and community guidelines), as applicable.

  2. How To Enter: Contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 15, 2024, and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 15, 2024 (the "Deadline Date"). All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the Deadline Date. To enter, visit www.cedarbaygrilling.com. All entrants must submit name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, and blog name. If entries do not contain all necessary information, the entrant will be disqualified. Please be certain to follow all directions. Sponsor is the official timekeeper for this contest. Lastly, by checking the corresponding box on the entry form, you expressly affirm that you have read and fully agree to these Official Rules. Sponsor will fully reimburse each participating blogger for their purchase of Cedar Bay Grilling Company’s seafood products upon submission of proof of purchase.

  3. Judging:
    The winners of the Cedar Bay Grilling Company Blogger Recipe Challenge will be selected based on the following criteria:
    • Taste: 50%
      Does this recipe deliver great taste with every bite? Would you want to make it again and again purely for its delicious flavors? Does it feature intriguing yet satisfying flavor combinations?
    • Visual Appeal: 25%
      Does the recipe present well on a plate or in a bowl? Does its visual appeal make you want to devour it before you even smell or taste it?
    • Creativity: 25%
      Does your recipe showcase originality? Does it feature unique twists on ingredient usage? Have you added your personal touch to make this recipe stand out?

    Cedar Bay Grilling Company will evaluate all entries based on the criteria stated above and in its sole discretion. Decisions made by Cedar Bay Grilling Company are final and binding on all matters related to this contest.

    All recipes must be the original work of the entrant and not previously published. You may use other recipes for inspiration, but you must make your own unique ingredient and cooking instruction changes for the recipe to be considered. Each submitted recipe must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity. All entries become the property of Cedar Bay Grilling Company and will not be returned. By submitting a recipe for this contest, you grant Cedar Bay Grilling Company all rights, title, and interest in the submitted entry, including the right to publish your recipe and any other information provided by you worldwide in all print and electronic media, (now or hereafter existing,) without time limitation, and the right to include your name and hometown (e.g., city and state) in connection therewith. Sponsor may contact you via phone or email regarding your submission.

  4. Winners and Prizes: Winners will be selected as follows: One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $1,000.00. One entrée winner will be awarded $500.00. One Game Day /Holiday Appetizer winner will be awarded $500.00. Sponsor has the right to publish winner’s names and recipes in future company promotional activities. Each prize is not transferable and cannot be assigned or substituted. Sponsor will not be responsible for any loss, liability or damage arising out of the winners' acceptance or use of the prize(s). All prizes are guaranteed to be awarded, assuming enough qualifying entries is received and meet the minimum judging criteria. Winners must submit an affidavit of eligibility. Winners are solely responsible for the payment of all applicable federal, state, local and any other taxes.
  5. Selection of Winners: Winners will be determined and notified on or about January 15, 2025, by regular mail and/or email. Any winner may be required to execute a Statement of Eligibility and Release and Payment Authorization within 30 days of prize notification attempt or winner will be disqualified and prize may be awarded to an alternate winner. Entry and/or acceptance of prize(s) constitutes permission for the sponsor and its agencies, if any, to use the winner's name, hometown (e.g., city and state) and/or likeness for advertising and trade purposes without further compensation or authorization, worldwide and in perpetuity, in all forms of media, now known and hereafter devised, unless prohibited by law.

  6. Conditions: Sponsor is not liable for any technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer internet system, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading/uploading any materials in this contest, or other technical difficulties or failures or other errors of any kind. Sponsor is not responsible or liable for any injury or damage to an entrant's or third person's computer and/or its contents, related to or resulting from contest. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate or modify the contest at any time for any reason. In such a circumstance, all winners will be selected based on entries received up to date of termination. Sponsor also reserves the right to modify this contest in the event an insufficient number of entries are received and/or an insufficient number of entries meet the minimum judging criteria. If two similar entries are received, only the entry judged to best meet the criteria as set by sponsor will be included in the final judging. Entrants agree to indemnify sponsor, and its affiliated entities, and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against all claims and liabilities arising out of or in connection with this contest. In the event of any dispute regarding the identity of an entrant who submitted an online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used for the entry at the time of entry will be deemed the entrant. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with the operation of the website or the entry process.

  7. No Recourse to Judicial or Other Procedures/Severability: To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to seek any other legal or equitable recourse to judicial in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this contest are hereby excluded, and entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction finds the foregoing waiver unenforceable, entrants hereby consent to the jurisdiction and venue residing exclusively within the federal or state courts of the Country of Canada, and agree that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. Entrants agree that these Official Rules are governed by the laws of the Country of Canada, without reference to principles of conflicts of law. If any provision(s) of these Official Contest Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.